(WEST) Frémont John Charles Report of the Exploring Expediti

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(WEST.) Frémont, John Charles. Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains . . . and to Oregon and North California. 5 maps, 22 plates. 583 pages. 8vo, publisher's cloth, minor wear, front joint starting; foxing, a few short separations at folds of large map. House Document, 28th Congress, 2nd Session, Doc. 166. Washington, 1845

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first edition, house issue, issued without the scientific data. Includes the report on Frémont's 1842 expedition along the Oregon Trail, as well as his second expedition concluded in 1844: "Guided by Kit Carson, Frémont proceeded down the Snake River and on down the Columbia to Fort Vancouver. Moving into northwestern Nevada, Frémont suddenly took his expedition on a rash midwinter crossing of the Sierra Nevada"--Hill 641. Howes F370; Sabin 25845; Wagner-Camp 115:1.